Full body lycra stinger suit - not hot, but protects you from the stingers.

Macca Wollongong said...

the other thing is they are so tiny you dont see them, i think they are what 1cm cubes or somthing guys?

they're the irrikanji (sp?) jelly fish. very deadly and really hard to see
The other dangerous ones are the box jellyfish. Can be deadly and also really hard to see

most of the time boxys just sting like crap if you get tenticles around the area..... just carry vineger in your bag and if you get stung pour the vin over then pull tentecles off gently. we get stung alot up here in darwin especially at this time of year in the wet but its not going to stop us getting wet........... so yeah... man up or teaspoon of concrete on yer weaties and have fun

yeah I saw a similar study and yes it looked as though it worked but im not sure your gunna want to take a thermos full of hot water down the beach in 32 degrees and 80% humidity every day....? from what I understand and have personally experienced is that when you get stung and have tenticles still stuck to you (which happens often) we use the viniger initially to stop the small barbs on the tenticle from stinging then pull them off gently to prevent them from getting stuck in the skin and further irritating you. I also read somewhere that razorblades had been used to ensure the small barbs are out of the skin (like shaving) in bad stings. We have a PVC Pipe on a pole at the SLSC that has two bottles of viniger in it that is topped up ..... generally by us and SLSC members that have a need for it as well as public now and then. adults tend to get off lightly depending on severity of stings but children are the ones to keep an eye on and away from the water in the tropical climates, there have been instances of 16 YO taken away in Ambo to be treated due to their severe reaction to the sting. stinger suits are a must and save us from really bad stings every other day.

the heat from the hot water de-natures the proteins from the sting, which means its stops working.. and stops hurting (or something like that)

Question though, what about your face/hands/feet do the full body suits also cover those areas?

Im heading to Broome in late April and i have heard they are there that time of the year, is this true?

vinegar works use it pretty often this time of year.. and who has hot water laying around at the beach. mythbusters did a segement on it. and vodka was up there for treatments plus its an good excuse to have vodka at the beach.. its for the stingers man...

Hedges said...

most of the time boxys just sting like crap if you get tenticles around the area..... just carry vineger in your bag and if you get stung pour the vin over then pull tentecles off gently. we get stung alot up here in darwin especially at this time of year in the wet but its not going to stop us getting wet........... so yeah... man up or teaspoon of concrete on yer weaties and have fun

I live in NSW so am ignorant abot box jellys, but I always thought that a sting from them is often fatal, and one of the worst ways to die.

Hedges said...

most of the time boxys just sting like crap if you get tenticles around the area..... just carry vineger in your bag and if you get stung pour the vin over then pull tentecles off gently. we get stung alot up here in darwin especially at this time of year in the wet but its not going to stop us getting wet........... so yeah... man up or teaspoon of concrete on yer weaties and have fun

Wow you guys in the NT must be hard or the box in your parts differ to those that frequent our waters. The Box around our parts can and do kill. The irikanji are apparently the lesser of the two evils and can make you quite sick (have also caused fatalities) but to be stung by an adult box can be fatal.


www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=18954603710

Quoted from the above link.

"It was the 70th fatality from box jellyfish stings in Australia since 1884, the last being in 2003."

and from the same article

"Box jellyfish is the world's most venomous animal, it can kill in three minutes," said Dr Lisa-Ann Gershwin, Surf Lifesaving Australia's national marine stinger adviser.

An article on NT and Box Jellyfish stings.

www.health.nt.gov.au/Agency/News_Archive/Top_Enders_warned_as_box_jellyfish_stings_put_3_in_hospital/indexdl_153.aspx

To tell people to HTFU/teaspoon of concrete/man up etc is just irresponsible to say the least, especially to those who know very little about them, the protective measures required if they choose to enter the water and the correct first aid procedures if stung.

I am not attempting to be a smart arse in reply to your comments but if some uneducated person was to heed your information and become ill or even worse die from a box sting, well............

Dawn Patrol said...

I think a study was done to show vinegar as ineffective. Really really really hot water (as hot as you can take it) is meant to be the best solution from what i remember reading....

wrong...vinegar works for box jellyfish

Gumby........do you sit down to p%^s or what ?

On numerous occasions all of us that kite up here have been stung and treated stings.( maybe they werent life threatening ) but they hurt yeah. we are also advising parents to keep their kids out of the water. we know the dangers and we activly try to inform the unsuspecting people and to protect them from the potential risks involved with being in the water at this time of year.
My second post was a little more serious and the third ...well I thought a link to an informative site may educate people a little better on these dangerous aquatic creatures.

I was (i thought) being obvious that I was mucking around due to the

and what with 2 crocs (one 3mtr and one 2.5mtr) swimming past us on the beach a week ago mixed with box jelly's ............some say its silly some say thats hard core doesnt matter what people say we just love kiting and nothing is going to stop us from doing what we love. My views and thoughts are not expected to be taken in any way as gospel either.......

I went for a kite on Tuesday and there was heaps of blueys in the water.. I avoided getting stung directly. but when self launching my kite i picked up a lot of dead ones of the beach in my lines. after my session i rolled up my lines and picked of all the tentacles. then i rubbed my tummy,face,legs,arms,neck,sack and this was the outcome..didn't hurt at all but really really itchy..

milko said...

I went for a kite on Tuesday and there was heaps of blueys in the water.. I avoided getting stung directly. but when self launching my kite i picked up a lot of dead ones of the beach in my lines. after my session i rolled up my lines and picked of all the tentacles. then i rubbed my tummy,face,legs,arms,neck,sack and this was the outcome..didn't hurt at all but really really itchy..

payback for self groping ewww

last year we had the little red ones in the bay they fen made you itchy

nice try GF but i think once the ring goes on the finger all saliva dries up LOL

vinegar actual lessens the trigger point on the tenticale that pumps in the poison so it does help but with great caution

getfunky said...

milko said...

I went for a kite on Tuesday and there was heaps of blueys in the water.. I avoided getting stung directly. but when self launching my kite i picked up a lot of dead ones of the beach in my lines. after my session i rolled up my lines and picked of all the tentacles. then i rubbed my tummy,face,legs,arms,neck,sack and this was the outcome..didn't hurt at all but really really itchy..

Nasty but thank christ we didn't have to see your lumpy bumpy ball sack!!

Any luck convincing your fairer half that saliva is the best cure??